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Training in a recession
With fewer staff and more work left for those that are still with you there has to be an economical way of filling the skills gap. Many studies contend that staff become more secure and motivated when they are given training of any sort.
Training in new skills will help to not only put the organisation in a much better position to grow when the recession is over but will also motivate staff and reinforce their sense of well-being, thus making them more likely to remain loyal to the company when recession ends and jobs become more abundant.
Make the Connection
Many Irish business leaders recognise that their workforce needs skills upgrade training but many do not understand the negative bottom line impact an unskilled workforce can have.
Common Business Problems
If your company is like many others, it suffers from one or more of the common business problems listed below. If so, than you are losing thousands of Euro annually.
- High turnover
- Poor customer service
- Workplace injuries
- Materials waste
- Inflexible workforce
- Inability to adapt to change
- Low employee morale
These can be avoided
You can avoid these costly business problems by investing in targeted, customised workforce development training for your employees.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line question is not whether your company should do training, but rather how can your company afford to not do training?
We can help!
We help you to:
- Stay competitive
- Reduce turnover
- Reduce waste
- Improve company communications
- Maintain quality during change
- Upgrade employee skills
- Prepare employees for start-up
- Increase productivity
- Promote continuous improvement
- Build multi-cultural work teams
- Enhance company culture
- Maximize the return on your investment
In recent years the training and development of employees and management is increasingly being recognised as the key to improving organisational performance.
There are ten reasons why training is more important now than ever
As you consider the future of your business or career please keep these points in mind:
- Training boosts morale. Staff members feel better and more motivated about working for you if you show your belief that they can improve.
- Training emphasises priorities. In a cash strapped company, the needs of the current staff can be directed toward specific training.
- Training is cheap — certainly cheaper than recruiting and hiring. Whatever the challenges your company is facing, eliminating your training budget isn’t going to solve it.
- Training is a stimulant, while eliminating training can enforce mediocrity.
- Training helps keep pace with a changing business. You need to stay on top of new developments in order to stay competitive.
- Training develops teamwork. If you’ve got fewer staff than you’re used to, a refresher course on the key skills can help the existing team zero in on the essentials and work together more efficiently.
- Training shares the good habits on your staff and reinforces your best work. If you can only send one person to a workshop, have him or her lead a session for the other staff when they return.
- Training brings in money. Focused training can pay for itself many times over by raising morale, boosting efficiency and maintaining high standards.
- Training treats your staff like professionals. People who believe they are valued enough for you to invest in developing their skills might stay with your company a little while longer.
- Training helps maintain and improve quality and productivity.
